Overwrite previously cloned data? only matters when you clone the same section from the same campaign more than once. The first time you clone anything, it makes no difference.
Chronica remembers which records in your campaign arrived by cloning, and which original record each one came from. That memory is what the checkbox acts on.
| Checkbox | What happens on a second clone |
|---|---|
| Unticked (the default) | Only records that have never been cloned before are added. Anything already cloned is left as it is, including any changes you made to it. |
| Ticked | New records are added, and records you cloned before are updated to match the source campaign again. |
Two sections do not follow the table. Currencies are matched by name rather than by clone history — see 5.1. Campaign Shops re-copy every picture on every clone, ticked or not, so cloning shops repeatedly uses more of your file storage each time.
What Overwrite never does
- It does not delete records. Something removed from the source campaign since your last clone is not removed from yours.
- Apart from currencies, it does not touch records you created by hand. Only records that arrived by cloning are eligible.
- It does not act on records cloned from a different campaign. Each cloned record remembers the specific record it came from.
When to use it
Ticking the box is the right choice when the source campaign is a template you maintain, you have changed something in that template, and you want your other campaigns brought back in line with it. It is also how you fill in stats and abilities that were missing because you cloned in the wrong order — see 5.2.
Leave it unticked when you are treating the clone as a starting point and have since made the copy your own.